By: Phillips H.B. No. 2993
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the public transportation advisory committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 455.004(b), and (c), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The
commission shall appoint the members of the advisory
committee. The committee must include at least members of the
committee shall be appointed by the governor, the lieutenant
governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives, who
shall each appoint:
(1) two members who represent one member who
represents a diverse cross-section of public transportation
providers;
(2) two members who represent one member who
represents a diverse cross-section of transportation users; and
(3) two members who represent one member who
represents the general public.
(c) A member serves at the pleasure of the officer who
appointed the member. A member is not entitled to compensation for
service on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for
reasonable expenses the member incurs in performing committee
duties.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to the public
transportation advisory committee does not affect the entitlement
of a member serving on the committee immediately before the
effective date of this Act to serve the remainder of the member's
term.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.